mandolin

mandolin

English

Photograph of a mandolin.

Etymology

From French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola, a large stringed instrument.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmændəlɪn/

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Noun

mandolin (plural mandolins)

1. (music) a stringed instrument and a member of the lute family, having eight strings in four courses, frequently tuned as a violin, and with either a bowl-shaped back or a flat back
2. a kitchen tool used for slicing vegetables (usually spelled mandoline)
3. (military) an RAF World War II code name for patrols to attack enemy railway transport and other ground targets

Derived terms

• banjo-mandolin
• mandocello
• mandolin-banjo
• mandolinist, mandoliner

 

Related terms

• mandola, manjo, mandolin-banjo, banjo-mandolin, banjolin

Translations

musical instrument

Bulgarian: мандолина f (mandolina) Catalan: mandolina (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 洋琵琶 (zh) (yángpípá), 曼陀林 (zh) (màntuólín), 曼多林 (mànduōlín) Corsican: mandulinu m Czech: mandolína (cs) f Esperanto: mandolino (eo) Estonian: mandoliin Finnish: mandoliini (fi) French: mandoline (fr) f Galician: mandolina (gl) f German: Mandoline (de) f Greek: μαντολίνο (el) n (mantolíno) Hungarian: mandolin (hu) Ido: mandolino (io) Italian: mandolino (it) Japanese: マンドリン (mandorin) Korean: 만돌린 (ko) (mandollin) Ligurian: mandolin m Macedonian: мандоли́на f (mandolína) Occitan: mandolina f Polish: mandolina (pl) f Portuguese: bandolim (pt) m Romanian: mandolină (ro) f Russian: мандоли́на (ru) f (mandolína) Slovene: mandolina (sl) f Spanish: mandolina (es) f Swahili: gambusi ndogo Swedish: mandolin (sv) c Tagalog: mandolina Thai: แมนโดลิน (mɛɛn-doo-lin) Turkish: mandolin (tr) Ukrainian: мандоліна f (mandolina) Yiddish: מאַנדאָלינע‎ f (mandoline)

kitchen tool — see mandoline

Further reading

• Mandolin (musical instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mandoline (kitchen tool) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• mandolins on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian mandarino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.dɔˈliːn/

Noun

mandolin m (collective, singulative mandolina, paucal mandoliniet)

1. mandarin oranges, mandarins

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Norwegian Bokmål

En mandolin med nyskjærte gulrotskiver
A mandoline with newly cut carrot slices

Etymology

From French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.du.liːn/, [mɑn.dʊ.ˈliːn]

Noun

mandolin m (definite singular mandolinen, indefinite plural mandoliner, definite plural mandolinene)

1. (music) mandolin; eight stringed instrument in the lute family

   Han kan spille tusenvis av melodier på mandolinen!

   He can play thousands of melodies on his mandolin!

   • 2001, Kaizers Orchestra, Bøn fra helvete

     Hey, Tony, legg nå ner din mandolin, for det er din tur til å spinne magasinet!

     Hey, Tony, put down your mandolin, because it's your turn to spin the magazine! [sic, a revolver does not have a magazine]

   • 1998, Merete Lien, Vinterlys

     Et par briller og en glatt gullring, en mandolin.

     A pair of glasses and a smooth, golden ring, a mandolin.

2. (cooking) Clipping of mandolinjern (“mandoline”); cooking utensil used for slicing and cutting juliennes

   Man trenger ikke alltid spesielle verktøy når man lager mat, men en mandolin kan komme til bruk hvis man eventuelt må skjære tynne skiver.

   You don't always need special utensils when cooking food, but a mandoline could potentially come in handy if you need to cut thin slices.

   • 2014, Elisabeth Dalseg, Slik velger du mandolin, DinSide

     Du kan være så flink med kniven du bare vil. Men selv profesjonelle kokker tyr til mandolinen når de skal skjære syltynne skiver av matvarer.

     You can be as good with a knife as you want. But even profesional cooks resort to the mandoline when they need to cut thin slices of food.

References

“mandolin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“mandolin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French mandoline, from Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.du.liːn/, [mɑn.dʊ.ˈliːn]

Noun

mandolin m (definite singular mandolinen, indefinite plural mandolinar, definite plural mandolinane)

1. (music) mandolin; eight stringed instrument in the lute family

   Mandolinen er eit vellydande instrument med en lang historie.

   The mandolin is a euphonic instrument with a long history.

   • 2012, Atle Hansen, Syng meg heim!, Wigestrand

     [...] så var spetakkelet laus. Trekkspel og gitar, tamburinar og mandolin.

     [...] and then the racket started. Accordion and guitar, tambourines and mandolin.

2. (cooking) Clipping of mandolinjern (“mandoline”); cooking utensil used for slicing and cutting juliennes

   Eit verktøy som alle treng: mandolinen.

   A utensil everyone needs: the mandoline.

References

“mandolin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ماندولین‎ (mandolin), from French mandoline.

Noun

mandolin (definite accusative mandolini, plural mandolinler)

1. mandolin

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mandolin
Definite accusative	mandolini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mandolin	mandolinler
Definite accusative	mandolini	mandolinleri
Dative	mandoline	mandolinlere
Locative	mandolinde	mandolinlerde
Ablative	mandolinden	mandolinlerden
Genitive	mandolinin	mandolinlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular mandolinim mandolinlerim 2nd singular mandolinin mandolinlerin 3rd singular mandolini mandolinleri 1st plural mandolinimiz mandolinlerimiz 2nd plural mandolininiz mandolinleriniz 3rd plural mandolinleri mandolinleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular mandolinimi mandolinlerimi 2nd singular mandolinini mandolinlerini 3rd singular mandolinini mandolinlerini 1st plural mandolinimizi mandolinlerimizi 2nd plural mandolininizi mandolinlerinizi 3rd plural mandolinlerini mandolinlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular mandolinime mandolinlerime 2nd singular mandolinine mandolinlerine 3rd singular mandolinine mandolinlerine 1st plural mandolinimize mandolinlerimize 2nd plural mandolininize mandolinlerinize 3rd plural mandolinlerine mandolinlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular mandolinimde mandolinlerimde 2nd singular mandolininde mandolinlerinde 3rd singular mandolininde mandolinlerinde 1st plural mandolinimizde mandolinlerimizde 2nd plural mandolininizde mandolinlerinizde 3rd plural mandolinlerinde mandolinlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular mandolinimden mandolinlerimden 2nd singular mandolininden mandolinlerinden 3rd singular mandolininden mandolinlerinden 1st plural mandolinimizden mandolinlerimizden 2nd plural mandolininizden mandolinlerinizden 3rd plural mandolinlerinden mandolinlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular mandolinimin mandolinlerimin 2nd singular mandolininin mandolinlerinin 3rd singular mandolininin mandolinlerinin 1st plural mandolinimizin mandolinlerimizin 2nd plural mandolininizin mandolinlerinizin 3rd plural mandolinlerinin mandolinlerinin